Amount of bond and reduction thereof, Bond of accused and sureties and Discharge from custody are defined under Section 440, 441 and 442 of CRPC 1973. Provisions under these sections are:
Section 440 of CRPC "Amount of bond and reduction thereof"
(1) The amount of every bond executed under this chapter shall be fixed with due regard to the circumstances of the case, and shall not be excessive.
(2) The High Court or the Court of Sessions may direct that the bail required by a police officer or Magistrate be reduced.
Section 441 of CRPC "Bond of accused and sureties"
(1) Before any person is released on bail or released on his own bond, a bond for such sum of money as the police officer or Court, as the case may be, thinks sufficient shall be executed by such person, and, when he is released on bail, by one or more sufficient sureties conditioned that such person shall attend at the time and place mentioned in the bond, and shall continue so to attend until otherwise directed by the police officer or Court, as the case may be.
(2) Where any condition is imposed for the release of any person on bail, the bond shall also contain that condition.
(3) If the case so requires, the bond shall also bind the
person released on bail to appear when called upon at the
High Court, Court of Sessions or other Court to answer the
charge.
(4) For the purpose of determining whether the sureties are
fit or sufficient, the Court may accept affidavits in proof
of the facts contained therein relating to the sufficiency
or fitness of the sureties, or, if it considers necessary,
may either hold an enquiry itself or cause an inquiry to be
made by a Magistrate subordinate to the Court, as to such
sufficiency or fitness.
STATE AMENDMENT
Andhra Pradesh
Amendment of Section 441 Central Act 2 of 1974.—In the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act) in section
441, in sub-section (1), the following words shall be added at the end,
namely. -
"and for imposition of a fine not exceeding the amount prescribed in the surety bond, in case the surety fails to produce the accused on the date fixed by the court in grave/serious offences."
[Vide Andhra Pradesh Act 17 of 2019, s. 2]
Section 441A of CRPC "Declaration by sureties"
Every person standing surety to an accused person for his release on bail, shall make a declaration before the Court as to the number of persons to whom he has stood surety including the accused, giving therein all the relevant particulars.
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1. Ins. by Act 25 of 2005, s. 39 (w.e.f. 23-6-2006)
Section 442 of CRPC "Discharge from custody"
(1) As soon as the bond has been executed, the person for whose appearance it has been executed shall be released; and when he is in jail, the court admitting him to bail shall issue an order of release to the officer in charge of the jail, and such officer on receipt of the orders shall release him.(2) Nothing in this section, Section 436 or Section 437, shall be deemed to require the release of any person liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond was executed.
PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS